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didn't follow through which it could not have been followed through because no one was about to levy the tax is and, in fact, enslaved people overwhelmingly did not want to go to liberia. liberia was a pretty grim situation, particularly for disease. and this became pretty well known. so gradual emancipation linked to the so-called colonization turns out to be a nonstarter for many reasons, and that's what that episode was about. we also have a question here. >> how many successful escapes to trinidad were you able to find? >> i don't know of any escapes that went direct to trinidad. what would happen if these people would escape the british, the men would become organized as colonial marines, women and children would come along and they would be in the refugee camp. later, some of them would be dockworkers in bermuda, and women and children. and after the war, the british would relocate them to trinidad. so this kind of the division. some will go to nova scotia, some will go to new brunswick, and some will go to nova scotia -- excuse me, to trinidad. those who go to trinidad are overwhelmed
didn't follow through which it could not have been followed through because no one was about to levy the tax is and, in fact, enslaved people overwhelmingly did not want to go to liberia. liberia was a pretty grim situation, particularly for disease. and this became pretty well known. so gradual emancipation linked to the so-called colonization turns out to be a nonstarter for many reasons, and that's what that episode was about. we also have a question here. >> how many successful...
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, we said what we've got to do is get some money from albany, that is get permission from albany to tax ourselves because you cannot tax -- other than real estate rates -- you can't do it without permission from albany. so we went to albany and judge marlon -- i don't know whether he's here tonight -- but judge marlon was my deputy mayor for public safety, criminal justice. he had been the presiding justice of the appellate division, second department. a very distinguished, knowledgeable, likable man. so he went forth to albany in pursuit of getting this legislation. and one white republican state senator said to him my constituency is concerned with auto theft and graffiti. we said, but people are dying in the streets. well, we were able to surmount even that. and we got the legislation. and as some will attest -- and i mentioned it in the book -- from its peak, crime decreased more dramatically and rapidly both in terms of actual numbers and percentages than at any time in the modern history of new york city. [applause] on our watch. [applause] the ram was called safe streets, safe ci
, we said what we've got to do is get some money from albany, that is get permission from albany to tax ourselves because you cannot tax -- other than real estate rates -- you can't do it without permission from albany. so we went to albany and judge marlon -- i don't know whether he's here tonight -- but judge marlon was my deputy mayor for public safety, criminal justice. he had been the presiding justice of the appellate division, second department. a very distinguished, knowledgeable,...
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and avoid new tax penalties. today's announcement had been expected since white house has been promising quick action to fix the many technical problems with the website. >> getting health care in california has been relatively easy compared to what's happening nationally with "obamacare" still, moving the penalty deadline back to march 31st is a relief for californians who are on the fence about their healthcare coverage. i just got off the phone with the executive director of covered california - peter lee. >> caller: it is good for us that we can be very clear. and we are able to do this right now. however, if you want to wait until 2014. there will not be a penalty. open enrollment. >> from the beginning covered california has had far fewer glitches than the national website, in fact the executive director has been on the phone with the president. >> caller: >> we've had calls with the president.of millions of americans he cares that this is working. >> so far covered california is processing about 125,000 ap
and avoid new tax penalties. today's announcement had been expected since white house has been promising quick action to fix the many technical problems with the website. >> getting health care in california has been relatively easy compared to what's happening nationally with "obamacare" still, moving the penalty deadline back to march 31st is a relief for californians who are on the fence about their healthcare coverage. i just got off the phone with the executive director of...
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that tax will be on income. two different tax issues there, but because of bills that passed in the 1990's, voters have to head to the polls to finalize legalization of marijuana. >> i think we would see strong opposition to use marijuana money to fund education. >> the opposition that you're seeing to this particular bill comes from those who already run marijuana dispensaries, they have a virtual monopoly on the marijuana market. they don't want to allow everybody else to sell it, as well. so the funny thing is in a lot of states where you've seen marijuana legalization and decriminalization bills come up, it's the marv industry that is fighting against those. >> let's head to the garden state of new jersey. governor chris christie likely to get reelected. what wasn't popular was raising the state's minimum age to 25. today, voters could have the final say. >> voters are voting whether or not to put a minimum wage increase in the state constitution, and that would also adjust the minimum wage in an on going ba
that tax will be on income. two different tax issues there, but because of bills that passed in the 1990's, voters have to head to the polls to finalize legalization of marijuana. >> i think we would see strong opposition to use marijuana money to fund education. >> the opposition that you're seeing to this particular bill comes from those who already run marijuana dispensaries, they have a virtual monopoly on the marijuana market. they don't want to allow everybody else to sell it,...
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city to try to conserve the tax on those beverages. they've asked voters to impose in 2014 to impose a 2 cents an ounce tax on soda and other drinks with added sugar. to this point, we haven't seen many of these through and it's already sailed in two california cities. >> i can't believe el monte was so -- it's kind of a working class neighborhood. they have a lot of factories. san francisco, i understand. >> right. >> you can drink as much as you want to. >> compared to banning it, i guess it's incrementally, it's not quite as bad. >> and it's being put to a vote. >> and the do gooders love the idea. you get to cents and you get $30 million. with that, you pay for -- some government agency is going to doll out the 30 million for pe programs that are probably 90 cents falls through the cracks on the way they spend it. using tax policy to try and change behavior typically there's people that like it and -- >> this behavior is changing, anyway. you see how water is overtaking cabbon ated beverages, anyway. >> becky, i checked my fridge l
city to try to conserve the tax on those beverages. they've asked voters to impose in 2014 to impose a 2 cents an ounce tax on soda and other drinks with added sugar. to this point, we haven't seen many of these through and it's already sailed in two california cities. >> i can't believe el monte was so -- it's kind of a working class neighborhood. they have a lot of factories. san francisco, i understand. >> right. >> you can drink as much as you want to. >> compared to...
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work opportunity act that aim to get more veterans and unemployed americans back to work by offering tax credits to businesses who will here them. ms. kelly: next week i'll be meeting with small business owners and manufacturers as part of my second congressional district economic development tour. here we'll discuss what congress can do to support our communities and grow american jobs. the family businesses i represent in kankakee and the manufacturers i represent in chicago both say the same thing. business as usual in washington doesn't help business back home. i couldn't agree more. i urge my colleagues to co-sponsor h.r. 3327 and h.r. 3328 and work civilly to get our economy back on track. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to speak for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lankford: mr. speaker, the obamacare website has been a nuisance. people spend hours of wasted time trying to get on
work opportunity act that aim to get more veterans and unemployed americans back to work by offering tax credits to businesses who will here them. ms. kelly: next week i'll be meeting with small business owners and manufacturers as part of my second congressional district economic development tour. here we'll discuss what congress can do to support our communities and grow american jobs. the family businesses i represent in kankakee and the manufacturers i represent in chicago both say the same...
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cuccinelli, cut taxes. to stop obama care and higher taxes, there's one choice. >> i'm ken cuccinelli, candidate for governor. >> difficulties piled up. you mentioned a few of them. today the president will be cam page for terry mcauliffe. >> the mcauliffe campaign didn't have it go in earlier. mcauliffe didn't try to nationalize this debate. i don't think the president's clinton will do a lot better. he and president clinton are best friends. it allowed him to raise a lot of money. that's the fact here that mcauliffe has a heck of a lot more money than cuccinelli. >> judy with charlie cook of the cook political report. good morning, judy. caller: i think the american people don't need more clintons and bushes in the white house. we've had enough of the clintons and bushes, hello. and hillary clinton is too old. the marriage is a joke. and i think she should receive a medal for one of the worst secretary of states ever. my last comment is our elections are so full of voter fraud, i don't know how -- it's im
cuccinelli, cut taxes. to stop obama care and higher taxes, there's one choice. >> i'm ken cuccinelli, candidate for governor. >> difficulties piled up. you mentioned a few of them. today the president will be cam page for terry mcauliffe. >> the mcauliffe campaign didn't have it go in earlier. mcauliffe didn't try to nationalize this debate. i don't think the president's clinton will do a lot better. he and president clinton are best friends. it allowed him to raise a lot of...
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never left him, that phrase because taxes were raised. is this that kind of moment for president obama? >> not at all. the last person anybody will listen to about obamacare is mitt romney coming architect of obamacare and with president obama. he has his own credibility problems. martha: he is hardly the only person saying this. >> the fact is his plan is the reason we have obamacare. he chose to run for president in 2008. so in 2012 mitt romney rejected romneycare and the voters rejected him as president. martha: the fact is what does it mean to me now? i have got obamacare, promise i would not lose my doctor and lo and behold people are getting kicked off these plans all across america. how does this president turn it around? does he say i own this plan, it is mine, come with me, i will pull you through this? >> two things, martha. that is exactly what he needs to do. what he should have said and what he needs to say now is you can keep your plan if you like it, or you are going to get a better plan with better benefits that cost less.
never left him, that phrase because taxes were raised. is this that kind of moment for president obama? >> not at all. the last person anybody will listen to about obamacare is mitt romney coming architect of obamacare and with president obama. he has his own credibility problems. martha: he is hardly the only person saying this. >> the fact is his plan is the reason we have obamacare. he chose to run for president in 2008. so in 2012 mitt romney rejected romneycare and the voters...
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that hub verifies identities and incomes, key to determining eligibility and tax credits. the problem was caused by activity at a center owned by verizon. verizon said our engineers have been working with technology companies to identify and address the root cause of the issue. >> this is another headache for health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. she is set to appear before a congressional committee this week. she will testify about problems with the rollout. the glitches are blamed for low enrollment. congress said she should step down if she can't firm the problems with healthcare.gov. >> the president has been poorly served in the implementation of his own signature legislation, so if somebody doesn't leave and there isn't a real restruckuring, not just a 60 day, somebody come in and try to fix it, then he's missing the point of management 101, which is these people are to serve him well and they haven't. >> before sebelius is grilled by congress, there will be a house hearing on tuesday. >> at least 66 people are dead after a wave of bombings across ir
that hub verifies identities and incomes, key to determining eligibility and tax credits. the problem was caused by activity at a center owned by verizon. verizon said our engineers have been working with technology companies to identify and address the root cause of the issue. >> this is another headache for health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. she is set to appear before a congressional committee this week. she will testify about problems with the rollout. the glitches...
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a town retaken, that was held by rebels. >> taxing times for the super rich
a town retaken, that was held by rebels. >> taxing times for the super rich
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an--another one talks about how much it will cost after tax. and then mick andreas closes with the line, 'well, you know, basically, it's cheaper to pay the fine than to disappoint the politicians.' and when you look at that in the context of what's going on, here's a company that is--in just one product line, in lysene, is literally stealing tens of millions of dollars a year from all of us. and then the money is being recirculated back into the political system, back into--back into the media with sponsorship of programs. now i am not saying that--you know, that politicians and--and the media have to do, you know, background checks on everybody who provides money, but ultimately it does make--certainly makes me very uncomfortable and people who have read the book and talked to me about it very uncomfortable that, you know, when the doors are closed and people think no one is listening, that these corporate--you know, these corporate types who, when they're in public, talk about first amendment and--and, you know, supporting--expressing their
an--another one talks about how much it will cost after tax. and then mick andreas closes with the line, 'well, you know, basically, it's cheaper to pay the fine than to disappoint the politicians.' and when you look at that in the context of what's going on, here's a company that is--in just one product line, in lysene, is literally stealing tens of millions of dollars a year from all of us. and then the money is being recirculated back into the political system, back into--back into the media...
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for a lot of folks, the premiums might be higher, but when you factor in the ta tax write offs, most are going to be paying less. >> let's talk about the website debacle here. it may have turned off a lot of young people, healthy, single people, the exact group the obama administration was hoping to target. why is it such an issue? >> that is the issue. what we want to see in these markets is getting as many people enrolled as possible. just as you suggested, we essentially want the young folks to share the risk with the old folks. i think the challenge here is that the folks are going to oh sign up are those who are going to need it the most. again, this is not without precedent. when i first bought my iphone, you needed to wrap it in a rubber band gizmo to stop it from dropping calls if you held it the wrong way. they never intended to run these in 36 states. they're doing it because there are a host of governors out there who said we don't want to implement the laws where we live. is it surprising? not particularly. this is something where we can see it improve. the funniest part,
for a lot of folks, the premiums might be higher, but when you factor in the ta tax write offs, most are going to be paying less. >> let's talk about the website debacle here. it may have turned off a lot of young people, healthy, single people, the exact group the obama administration was hoping to target. why is it such an issue? >> that is the issue. what we want to see in these markets is getting as many people enrolled as possible. just as you suggested, we essentially want the...
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it with 15% excise tax in addition to a an extra 10% sales tax. >>> and a bit of a bombshell, a democratic congressman running for governor of mountain mountain next year anyway has come out of the closet announcing he is gay. he said he is coming clean now so the race focuses on the issues and not hi personal life. >>> now the red sox are done celebrating their world series victory, this seemed inevitable. it took place yesterday at gillette headquarters. shane victorino and david ortiz having their beards shaved. the beards were a unifying force for the team on their way to the title. the shave was worth $10,000 for boston's one fund, a charity working with boston marathon victims and their families. >> this is incredible to help our survivors heal and our whole community. >> tragedy that we face in the city. it brought us closer together to be one team. it is a story book ending to what happened. >> that's $100,000 by the way that the shave will be worth for that charity. victorino said he looks like he is 12 years old without his beard. also getting shaved is a boston police officer. h
it with 15% excise tax in addition to a an extra 10% sales tax. >>> and a bit of a bombshell, a democratic congressman running for governor of mountain mountain next year anyway has come out of the closet announcing he is gay. he said he is coming clean now so the race focuses on the issues and not hi personal life. >>> now the red sox are done celebrating their world series victory, this seemed inevitable. it took place yesterday at gillette headquarters. shane victorino and...
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it's cheaper for a group to travel by bus than to take 15 smaller taxes. the same with cruising. the reason they build these gigantic ships is they're far more profitable. >> we saw two cruise ships that got a lot of attention for their onboard fires. do we have regulations now to avoid the fires? >> sure. what's interesting about the "triumph" is today everyone's got a samsung phone or whatever to take pictures to post all over social media. it's helped to illuminate conditions. since 120u all new cruise ships are required to have redundant power systems so if one gets knocked out, you can still safely limp back to port. >> i'm look. dwlou evacuate a ship of that side. how do you get people off? >> it's crazy. you think about compared to a two-story building, a skyscraper takes longer to evacuate right? but we still build skyscrapers. 18,000 passengers is much harder than a thousand. and so have you seen the evacuation chutes? >> not on the ship no. >> it's designed only for the crew. it's a giant orange esophagus. it's five stories off the water. you're supposed to slide down t
it's cheaper for a group to travel by bus than to take 15 smaller taxes. the same with cruising. the reason they build these gigantic ships is they're far more profitable. >> we saw two cruise ships that got a lot of attention for their onboard fires. do we have regulations now to avoid the fires? >> sure. what's interesting about the "triumph" is today everyone's got a samsung phone or whatever to take pictures to post all over social media. it's helped to illuminate...
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it's cheaper for a group to travel by bus than to take 15 smaller taxes. the same with cruising. the reason they build these gigantic ships is they're far more profitable. >> we saw two cruise ships that got a lot of attention for their onboard fires. do we have regulations now to avoid the fires? >> sure. what's interesting about the "triumph" is today everyone's got a samsung phone or whatever to take pictures to post all over social media. it's helped to illuminate conditions. since 120u all new cruise ships are required to have redundant power systems so if one gets knocked out, you can still safely limp back to port. >> i'm look. dwlou evacuate a ship of that side. how do you get people off? >> it's crazy. you think about compared to a two-story building, a skyscraper takes longer to evacuate right? but we still build skyscrapers. 18,000 passengers is much harder than a thousand. and so have you seen the evacuation chutes? >> not on the ship no. >> it's designed only for the crew. it's a giant orange esophagus. it's five stories off the water. you're supposed to slide down t
it's cheaper for a group to travel by bus than to take 15 smaller taxes. the same with cruising. the reason they build these gigantic ships is they're far more profitable. >> we saw two cruise ships that got a lot of attention for their onboard fires. do we have regulations now to avoid the fires? >> sure. what's interesting about the "triumph" is today everyone's got a samsung phone or whatever to take pictures to post all over social media. it's helped to illuminate...
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. >>> supervisor plans to introduce a measure to add a tax of 24 cents to each can of soda sold in the city. the proceed would go toward health, nutrition, and other programs for city kids. already in san francisco fast food restaurants are prohibited from handing out free toys in kids' meals that are high in fat, salt and sugar. >>> a healthy form of nutrition. it is national oatmeal day. we are having breakfast courtesy of people at driscoll berry. diana, what have we got here? >> a little bit of everything. these are scones with mixed berries. this is an oat scone. sneaky way of getting oats in. >> i'm not a gigantic fan of oatmeal. so scones i will eat it. >> this is the way to get it in your body without eating warm, soggy oats. is a banana bread with mixed berries inside but mainly blueberries. also oats and then look at the wonderful things you can do with oats. there's an oat drink, called sneaky pete's all-natural oat beverage. there's raspberry, apple, orange. an the wonderful people at driscoll's brought us these beautiful berries because what goes better with oats than berr
. >>> supervisor plans to introduce a measure to add a tax of 24 cents to each can of soda sold in the city. the proceed would go toward health, nutrition, and other programs for city kids. already in san francisco fast food restaurants are prohibited from handing out free toys in kids' meals that are high in fat, salt and sugar. >>> a healthy form of nutrition. it is national oatmeal day. we are having breakfast courtesy of people at driscoll berry. diana, what have we got...
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granting a six week extension to enroll in plans offered under the affordable care act and avoid new tax penalties. the move comes after the troubled rollout for the law. tech problems playing the website. republicans and some dems are calling for a one year delay of the penalties people would face if they don't get some kind of coverage. >> more testimony on capitol hill over what led to the affordable care acts botched debut. next in line for questioning, marlin tavenner will testify. >> on wednesday, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will be questioned about the problem-plagued on line exchange. she will be the most high profile figure to testify on the rolling outout. it will be her first time on capitol hill since the october 1 launch of the website. republicans have called for her resignation, but president obama said he still has faith in her. >> penn state university is getting ready to pay out $60 million to victims of former football coach jerry sandusky, announcing settlements with 26 accusers. this comes more than a year after sandusky was accused of 45 co
granting a six week extension to enroll in plans offered under the affordable care act and avoid new tax penalties. the move comes after the troubled rollout for the law. tech problems playing the website. republicans and some dems are calling for a one year delay of the penalties people would face if they don't get some kind of coverage. >> more testimony on capitol hill over what led to the affordable care acts botched debut. next in line for questioning, marlin tavenner will testify....
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he wound up pleading guilty to tax evasion. in line to the white house. spending three years in a federal minimum security prison. earlier this week, he spoke to matt lauer days after being relieved from house arrest. he opened up about what he realized about life behind bars and his new mission now that he's out. >> bernie, you spent six years of your life running that jail over our shoulder there which is one of the biggest and most notorious jails in the country. when you look back at that place now, does your perspective change? >> yeah, it changes. when i ran that system, i focused on the day-to-day operations of care, custody, and control. what i realized today is, especially in the federal prison system, that's not necessarily the focus. >> reporter: despite a long and impressive resume in law enforcement, kerik says only a few months after behind bars himself that he realized that criminal justice system was broken. >> these young men, first-time nonviolence low level drug offense their sentence may be five or ten years, but you know what? it's no
he wound up pleading guilty to tax evasion. in line to the white house. spending three years in a federal minimum security prison. earlier this week, he spoke to matt lauer days after being relieved from house arrest. he opened up about what he realized about life behind bars and his new mission now that he's out. >> bernie, you spent six years of your life running that jail over our shoulder there which is one of the biggest and most notorious jails in the country. when you look back at...